Meditation for Monday
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind. Ephesians 4:17
I have just been reading on a website a challenge that offers more than a million dollars to anyone who can provide proof of the theory of evolution. Specifically, this website is looking for proof that includes transitions from one species to another. The website points out that similar offers have been made in the past, and nobody has ever been able to provide the proof. A million dollars is a lot of money, even with inflation. If there were any proof, some scientist would surely have come forward to claim the prize. But there isn’t any proof. And there can’t be any proof, because the theory of evolution is scientifically impossible on many fronts. It can be proved to be impossible. But the scientists refuse to look at that proof, because they are so sure that evolution is true. In the vanity of their minds, they think they know more than the Bible. But at Christians, we must always recognize that the Bible is always true, regardless of what man says.
Most schools today teach evolution and refuse to teach creation. Most schools, governments, and other organizations preach global warming today, even though it is just as impossible and unprovable as evolution. These are just examples of people walking in the vanity of their minds. Rejecting the truth, they barge ahead with their own ideas and inventions, sure that they are right and God is wrong. The trouble with these deceivers is that their ideas have so permeated our society that it is impossible for Christians to avoid them. For example, Christian parents cannot avoid having their children taught evolution, unless they home school or send their children to Christian schools. The news media constantly bombard us with fake science about the impact of global warming (they call it climate emergency now although there is no emergency). Society all around us constantly batters us with the so-called need to recognize that homosexuality is normal and acceptable. How do we prevent these things from contaminating ourselves and affecting our faith?
Paul speaks of these things as walking in the vanity of their mind. You and I need to recognize that we are not the ultimate authority. We need to bow to the Scriptures as the authority as to what is right and wrong. We need to recognize that God’s Word is always correct in everything that it teaches. We need to accept the Bible as the guide for everything we believe and accept. We need to affirm that everything that is not biblical is not true. We can allow no exceptions because every exception is an example of the vanity of our mind.
Do we walk in the vanity of our mind or do we stand sure on the Word of God? -Jim MacIntosh